InVenture reports on the sale of Raikivskyi granite quarry1 and crushed stone plant. The portal writes that the business operates stably and permanently, is equipped with high-quality machinery and equipment, and the well-coordinated work of the team ensures quality and uninterrupted operation. The company used the facility for its own construction needs.
Location: Zhytomyr region, Berdychiv district, the village of Rayky.
Raiky crushed stone plant is located 40 minutes from the regional center, Zhytomyr. It has a convenient infrastructure, making it easy to transport materials. A railway station is located nearby, which significantly expands the routes and volumes of raw materials supply. There are also access roads – an asphalt and a gravel road.
Raikivskyi Granite Quarry LLC extracts granite at the Raikivske deposit (site No. 2) on the basis of a special subsoil use permit No. 5856 (valid until 2033, not suspended).
The neighboring site “Quarry No. 1” Raikivske field was previously developed by the State Enterprise of the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine (SECSU) No. 73 (special permit No. 4074 has been terminated).
The total area of the facility is 4.5280 hectares, and the approved reserve of raw materials for extraction is more than 10 million tons, with approximately 10 million tons of unconfirmed reserves.
The company has a license for official mining and processing of rock mass.
Its main products are crushed stone, rubble stone, and crushed stone and sand mixture.
The quarry has its own fleet of vehicles used for the extraction and transportation of raw materials. There are such special vehicles as MAN, MAZ, KAMAZ, DAF, SCHMITZ.
There are special rooms for changing personnel, a room for electrical equipment and a control panel, and a security room.
The entire territory of the facility is guarded and video surveillance is carried out throughout the quarry.
The plant has all the equipment necessary for the extraction of raw materials, crushing them into fractions, transportation and weighing, such as
Staff: 30 employees
Fractions: 0.05-20 mm, 0.05-40 mm (C-7), 0.05-70 mm (C-5).
The insurance company VUSO (IC “VUSO” Kiev) has carried out the first insurance cases under the new law on compulsory insurance of motor liability of owners of land vehicles, which came into force on January 1, 2025.
One of the first settled cases occurred already on January 13, 2025. As a result of a traffic accident caused by the fault of another driver, the VUSO client’s car received mechanical damage. At the time of the accident, the victim had a “new” VUSO car insurance policy. Within the framework of the updated legislation, the repair compensation was paid directly to the account of the service station chosen by the client. The term of settlement amounted to 7 days.
IC VUSO was founded in 2001. The company holds 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory types of insurance, is represented in all regions of Ukraine. It is a member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTSBU), the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
Consular services for Ukrainians abroad and a number of other new services will appear in “Diya”, said Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov.
“The application and portal “Diya” turns five years old. During this time, more than 40 services and 130 services have appeared there. Here are the plans of “Dia” for the future….. “eConsul”. In “Diya” Ukrainians abroad will be able to order a passport or ID-card, driver’s license, taxpayer card and pick up at the place of stay,” – wrote Fedorov in his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
In addition, he said, the digitalization of death-related services will take place with the help of Diya. At the first stage in the application it will be possible to obtain a death certificate, state registration of death, as well as transfer data to registries, to issue assistance for burial.
Fedorov announced a service to change the surname in “Diya” with a comprehensive reissuance of documents. There will be introduced “eNotary” – an electronic system that will integrate all notarial processes.
New services for drivers will be created. “Dia” will expand the possibilities of re-registration of vehicles (TS), will add the possibility to change the technical passport, to register TS after customs clearance, the note says.
Deputy Prime Minister announced the appearance in “Diya” AI-assistant, to which Ukrainians will turn if there are problems in interaction with the state. For partners who want to integrate services of “Dia”, AI-chatbot “Natalka” is already working, reminded Fedorov.
The ElectronMash plant, part of the Electron concern (Lviv), has modernized 10 previously produced trolleybuses for Lviv by equipping them with autonomous power systems that allow them to travel 15 km on autonomous power, the concern reported on its Facebook page.
According to the press service, the trolleybuses were re-equipped as part of the project “Modernization of Public Trolleybus Transport in Lviv”, which is funded by loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The project cost is EUR900 thousand, or EUR90 thousand per unit.
“Taking into account the first test model, there are currently 11 cars running in the city,” the press service clarifies.
At the same time, refuting some accusations that the modernization is too expensive and the autonomous range of the trolleybuses is too short, the press service of the concern compares the price of 1 km of a newly built trolleybus line in the city – EUR859.6 thousand, which is almost the price of all 10 modernized trolleybuses.
As for the 15 km of autonomous range, the report clarifies that this is the minimum specified by the customer for an annual mileage of 60 thousand km at full load and with climate control on and is designed for a battery life of at least 10 years.
“Even the first test model had an autonomous mileage of more than the optimal 20 km for the city, and the 10 converted trolleybuses have newer and more powerful batteries and modern monitoring and control systems,” the statement said.
In addition, the press service notes, the economic effect of using trolleybuses with high-voltage batteries is 6.6 times higher than their cost.
According to the concern, with a sufficient number of such autonomous rolling stock, even with the existing contact network, trolleybus service can cover more than 70% of Lviv’s territory, and other settlements of the Lviv community will also be within the accessibility zone of such trolleybus routes.
“Therefore, we believe that the decision of Lvivelectrotrans is balanced and economically justified,” the concern’s press service summarizes.
Starting February 1, Ukrposhta JSC has introduced new weight categories with discounts for the Small Package Prime, the company’s press service reports.
According to Ukrposhta’s announcement on Wednesday, the company has introduced new weight categories with discounts starting February 1: 0-100 g, 500-750 g and 750 g-1 kg. The largest discount of up to 15% applies to shipments weighing up to 100 g. The discount in the 500-700 g category is 10%.
Delivery of small items weighing up to 100 g to the United States will now cost about UAH 270, and to European countries – from UAH 250. You need to pay only for the actual weight, not the volume, the post says.
Volume loyalty programs for Ukrposhta’s regular corporate and individual customers will remain in effect.
“Lower tariffs mean even more opportunities for competition on an equal footing, and flexible weight categories allow for a choice that is optimal for everyone,” the press service quoted Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smelyansky as saying.
According to the company, about a quarter of the shipments of Ukrainian exporters who sell their goods on the largest marketplaces Etsy and Amazon weigh less than 100 grams. These include decorative elements and jewelry, the company said.
Smelyansky reminded that the delivery time abroad with Ukrposhta ranges from 4 days to the UK, 7-10 days to the address or one of the 15 thousand branches in the United States.
“Just yesterday, we received a message about how cool it is that a shipment from Zhytomyr to Dublin arrived in just 6 days,” said the Ukrposhta CEO.
According to Smelyansky, more than 1.7 million items of Ukrainian goods worth about $1 billion are currently available on American and other international platforms. More than 60% of shipments are made with Ukrposhta.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrposhta announced the signing of a new cooperation agreement with the British Royal Mail (UK), the terms of which allowed the introduction of a 15% discount for sending PRIME packages weighing up to 1 kg from February 1.
“Ukrposhta, as a member of the Universal Postal Union, is able to deliver shipments to any address in more than 230 countries and territories of the world. The partner network of national post offices consists of more than 660 thousand branches serving 5.3 million postal customers.
Metinvest Group’s Kametstal plant, which was built at the facilities of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamenskoye, Dnipro region), is expanding its rolled products range to supply the European market, in particular Polish consumers.
According to a press release, in January this year, Kametstal’s rollers successfully mastered the production of a line of rebar according to another Polish standard, B500SP.
It is specified that last year, following successful certification for compliance with Polish building codes, the company launched mass production of B500B rebar with a diameter of 8-32 mm for Polish consumers. And from now on, rebar in accordance with the B500SP standard will also be shipped to the Polish market. The specific requirements of this standard are not limited to geometric dimensions, weight per linear meter and mechanical testing. The development and production of such products requires changes in the gauge pattern, the angle of the rebar ribs, and other labeling requirements.
“A team of specialist technologists from the rolling shop, rolling mill, calibration bureau and process department joined forces to accomplish this important task. They developed technical solutions for the optimal production technology, calibration tables, rolling patterns, calibrated rolls, etc. The developed parameters were added to the software of the CNC machines used to prepare the rolls,” the press release states.
It is also noted that in January, the 400/200 rolling mill mastered the production of five B500SP rolled sections – rebar with a nominal cross section of 10, 12, 16, 20 and 32 mm. In February, the rollers will continue to expand their product line for the Polish market, with rebar with a cross section of 8, 14 and 28 mm planned for production.
“Kametstal was established on the basis of Dnipro Coke and Chemical Plant (DKKhZ) and Centralized Steel Works (DMK).
According to the 2020 report of Metinvest Group’s parent company, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of the shares in DCCP.
